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chemistry25
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| calorie | the quantity of heat needed to raise the temperature of 1g of pure water |
| boiling point | the temperature at which the vaper pressure of a liquid is just equal to the external pressure on the liquid |
| base | a compound that produces hydroxide ions in solutions |
| barometer | an instrument used to measure atmospheric pressure |
| density | the ratio of the mass of an object to its volume |
| covalent bond | atoms are held together by sharing electrons |
| conductor | something that allows electricity to travel through it to complete a circuit |
| condensation | gas to liquid |
| concentration | a measurement of the amount solute that is dissolved in a given quantity of solvent |
| compound | a substance that contains two or more elememts chemically combined in a fixed porportion |
| catalyst | a substance that increases the rate of reaction by lowering the activation-energy barrier |
| carcinogen | anything that causes cancer |
| cell | the smalest unit of an organism with a nucleus |
| control | the constant |
| charge | positive or negative |
| chlorophyll | the green color fond in plant cells |